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Crypto money floods Reform UK with $72M in two days
The $72 million donation from two crypto billionaires to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in just two days was greater than the total donations received by each of Britain’s major political parties over the entire year. This comes as the government ponders stricter restrictions on political donations. Delo went first, Harborne matched a day later Ben...
Sat, Sep 12
Anthropic's CEO Dario Amodei wants AI development slowed
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says he wants the AI industry to move more carefully as models get better at helping create even stronger AI. Dario wants labs to put more time between major jumps in capability so researchers, outside reviewers, and governments can check what these systems are doing before the next jump happens. Elon...
Sat, Sep 12
Anthropic loses another researcher, and he’s predicting human doom from AI
Anthropic has lost another safety researcher. Joe Tenton said he left the company two weeks ago and will join METR, an independent group that tests risks in advanced AI systems. Joe had planned to explain the move later, but Jacob’s resignation this week changed that. He said: “I’d planned to write about that decision in...
Sat, Sep 12
Nvidia may put $10B behind Anthropic before it goes public
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is weighing an investment of up to $10 billion in Anthropic’s planned IPO as the AI company looks for an anchor investor before going public. Sources allegedly told Reuters the deal could be part of what may become the biggest IPO ever. Anthropic is trying to raise as much as $100 billion...
Sat, Sep 12
Symbiosis exploit exposes Bitcoin bridge risk without touching Bitcoin itself
Symbiosis shut down its native Bitcoin bridge on Friday after an attacker exploited its BridgeV2 contract to mint a huge amount of unbacked synthetic BTC. Yet the attacker managed to extract only about $336,000 in real value. The importance of that gap cannot be overlooked. It is important to emphasize that Bitcoin’s security was not...
Sat, Sep 12
Base lending hits record $2.75 billion as Morpho and Aave drive growth
According to Artemis’ reports, outstanding loans on Base peaked at an unprecedented $2.75 billion on September 10 after an increase in lending activity in late August. This record reflects the rapid growth of credit on Coinbase’s Layer 2 network and the share of Morpho and Aave in it. Artemis writes on September 11: Lending on...
Sat, Sep 12
Former Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison takes full-time role at Manifund
Caroline Ellison, the former Alameda Research CEO who cooperated with prosecutors after FTX collapsed, has taken a full-time role at Manifund, a nonprofit grant platform. Cofounder Austin Chen said in the Manifund announcement that Ellison will help improve its funding platform and study how philanthropic money can be directed more effectively. She began a work...
Sat, Sep 12
Ether outperforms crypto market today with a 8% rally as $255 million wipeout defies bears
Ethereum, the second-biggest crypto, jumped as much as 8.3%, its biggest move in three weeks. Traders who bet against it got burned. Over a 24-hour period, shorts on Ether totaled more than $255 million being wiped out. Shorts on Bitcoin, over the same period, saw losses totaling $172 million. Usually, Bitcoin sees the bigger leverage...
Sat, Sep 12
Rocket Lab bets $8 billion on Iridium to become a cash-flow space company
Rocket Lab (Nasdaq: RKLB) has completed the acquisition of Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) at the price of $54 per share in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the satellite leader at $8 billion. The purchase transaction will add a powerful subscription-based network to Rocket Lab, a company known for its spacecraft manufacturing and launch services. From the...
Sat, Sep 12
DeFiLlama’s Movers tool shows August’s crypto winners fading as yields climb
DeFiLlama’s Movers dashboard is showing an increase in divergence in the crypto world. Some of the tokens which were responsible for the rise in August are well above their competitors in 30 days, but some of them are beginning to lose ground in the last seven days. This is important because this weakness is manifesting...
Fri, Sep 11
'Don't underestimate the President': Trump's Kevin Hassett backs $5,000 dividend checks idea
White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says President Donald Trump’s $5,000 payment plan can move forward without worsening federal finances. The proposal would cost above $1 trillion, with US debt near record levels. Kevin pushed back on the borrowing concern Thursday. “We can do it in a fiscally responsible way,” he said. “It...
Fri, Sep 11
Senate bill would make frontier-AI safety a legal duty, not a pledge
U.S. Senate negotiators are considering legislation that would legally require developers of the most advanced AI models to guard against catastrophic harms and could give the federal government power to block unsafe releases, according to Reuters. For top AI companies, this will transform safety standards from a mostly voluntary effort to a legal duty. A...
Fri, Sep 11
Apple has to pay Samsung for every iPhone Duo it sells under exclusive display deal
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) reportedly has to pay Samsung Electronics (KRX: 005930) $250 for every main folding panel fitted inside the iPhone Duo. Leaker Instant Digital said on Chinese social network Weibo that the supply contract lasts three years. It covers the current Duo and the models Apple releases during that period. Samsung was already in...
Fri, Sep 11
Bitcoin Suisse to cut up to half its Swiss staff in pivot to global wealth management
Bitcoin Suisse, in an effort to reshape itself into an internationally focused financial services group, plans to eliminate as many as 60 of its roughly 120 jobs in Switzerland. The Swiss financial workforce is taking a hit on multiple fronts, with Bitcoin Suisse cutting up to 60 of its roughly 120 Swiss jobs while UBS,...
Fri, Sep 11
Grayscale touts Zcash mining as 2-4X more profitable than struggling BTC mining
Block-reward miners are pivoting from Bitcoin to Zcash, where the top mining rig now earns around four times more per megawatt-hour than the best Bitcoin machine, after ZEC’s rally pushed the privacy coin into the top 10 by market value. For miners who have seen their returns in mining dwindle over the past years, especially...
Fri, Sep 11
Oracle shares rose 3% Friday after gaining nearly 7% after hours Thursday
Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) shares are rallying Friday after investors got new numbers on its cloud business, AI contracts and revenue backlog. The stock rose 3% in early trading after gaining nearly 7% after hours Thursday. Oracle beat Wall Street forecasts for its fiscal first quarter, while a $26 billion increase in backlog eased some concern...
Fri, Sep 11
Smarter Web to become UK's first BTC firm to issue preferred shares
The UK’s largest listed Bitcoin treasury holder, The Smarter Web Company (LON: SWC), announced plans this Friday to launch a new class of preferred shares, the first of its kind by a British corporate Bitcoin holder, on the main London Stock Exchange. The preferred share, “MORE,” will be listed with a nominal value of £0.001...
Fri, Sep 11
Issuers raise $107M through tokenized corporate bonds in India's SEBI Demat 2.0 pilot
Three companies sold ₹1,025 crore ($107.2 million) of corporate bonds as digital tokens in the first run of Demat 2.0, India’s regulator-led pilot. The pilot is the first real test of issuing and settling Indian corporate debt on a shared digital ledger within the country’s current market system. What milestone did India accomplish? The Securities...
Fri, Sep 11
Metaplanet announces Hong Kong subsidiary amid major executive, stock shakeup
Metaplanet (TYO: 3350) rolled out a series of big updates after its Friday, September 11 board meeting, announcing a new Hong Kong subsidiary, a new CFO, and a 41% trim of a contested stock-option pool. The options pool, by Gerovich’s admission, was poorly presented, which led to a 17% rout in the company’s stock last...
Fri, Sep 11
246,000 exposed as hackers breach Japan's Digital Agency servers
One of the world’s most targeted nations, Japan, suffered its latest breach on Friday, September 11, as attackers stole around 246,000 personal data record sets from the country’s Digital Agency. The hack exposed the names, email addresses and phone numbers of Japanese civil servants and contractors after an intruder got into a shared government network....
Fri, Sep 11
